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Goodbye Spirit
After more than 6 years Spirit rolled on the surface of the red planet, NASA officially said goodbye to this self-propelled device.
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Mars has water 3 billion years ago
British scientists say about 3 billion years ago on Mars may have existed many lakes.
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Has Mars ever had life?
Analysis of the data allowed NASA scientists to hypothesize: in the past, Mars had life.
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Flight to Red planet 520 days and nights long
Science experiments 'Mars-500' flight simulation on the Red planet will begin at the end of March 2010.
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The mysterious fate of the Mars probe
An American spacecraft will be launched into space to find out if the probe is on Mars
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Looking back at the 2009 space science events
In the past year, astronomers have found water on the moon and discovered the most distant target, at the same time the amount of cosmic radiation reached a record high.
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Russia will bring monkeys to Mars
Russian scientists are preparing plans to bring monkeys to the spacecraft to fly to the red planet.
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The Red Planet once had a wet climate and rain
US scientists have published a new map of Mars that shows there was a large ocean in the north and valleys lying around the planet's equator.
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Mud flowing on Mars is not like Earth?
The new US space agency (NASA) has revealed that the form of water flowing on Mars is likely not the same as on Earth, but only the flow of mud.
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Strange shapes on Mars
American spacecraft sends strange images on the red planet, including CO2 ice blocks, sand dunes, rocky cliffs and valleys.
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America rescues Mars probe
The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) has been planning to rescue the autonomous ship on Mars, after it has sunk into the sand for more than half a year.
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Water freezes right under the surface of Mars
Water plays a vital role in life, any discovery of water has important implications for the study of evidence of life that may have appeared on Mars before.
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New hypothesis about the red of Mars
A new hypothesis suggests that Mars is not always red and explains why the planet is so red.
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Discovered ice on Mars
An American spacecraft found evidence of ice on Mars. This is a sign that the red planet can nourish life.
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Email 'clogged' about Mars size
A spectacular email about Mars's size in the sky on August 27 has been released over the past five years. And where is the truth?